buffnut453
Captain
Or....aaaaawwwww, it's so cute!
Which are words that would never be applied to the X-32B competitor...not even by its mother!
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Which are words that would never be applied to the X-32B competitor...not even by its mother!
beaupower32
Tech Sergeant
Which are words that would never be applied to the X-32B competitor...not even by its mother!
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I can't believe that this was even seriously considered.
Lucky13
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All that I could come up with, was....what the f*ck!? 
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
When the X-35 first arrived at EDW I was told it was referred to a "Minnie-Me."
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Glider
Captain
I saw the mock up at Farnborough before the final decision was made and instantly knew the Boing didn't stand a chance.
buffnut453
Captain
Yeah...the old adage "If it looks right, it flies right". I'm sure the X-32 was a wonderful aircraft but combat effectiveness diminishes markedly if the pilot has to wear a paper bag over his/her head just to avoid the embarrassment of being seen in such a....well, let's just say it's a plane with a really nice personality!
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razor1uk
Staff Sergeant
It does seem that the realisation of the 35 becoming a service reality is quickening and getting closer to being acceptable, even if you ignore the 'polar opposites' of reporting by so called journalist of/from Russia or Murdoch related BS.
Calling the Boeing X plane Minni Mi, is disrespectful to Belgium and the actor (even if the bird in question is fugly enough to quell any pilot or partial porno stars 'eagerness') and to Austin Powers; Austin Powers is not to be confussed with..
A; anthing Montego, Meastro or Metro related (Brit cars).
B; some unafiliated Texas political, religeous or (jokingly?) more to likely to be a Texan dating group for rich supremasists.
C; the $6 M man, or his normal brother (I am to young to remember the characters full name, just that its similar sounding).
But then again, when was the last time Being built a manned military aircraft that was smaller than a Mitchell B-25 ...perhaps the Peashooter?; Boeing have largely since WW2 only made big aircraft, and done that well, I'm sure if the fugly Boeing X-plane was made longer and a bit wider, her looks would smoothen out and become more peasant to the aerodynamical eye.
As it was, even that protoytpe has such bad design looks (hence aerodynamics) and other issues, they had to 'chop' (unbolt) parts off it to try and get it too fly in V(TOL) mode, and then with severe hot gas re-ingestion.
In my mind, the only good thing about that fugly Boeing was that it did keep a 3 poster style engine vs. the 35's single poster with fan ..does the 35 have controllable 'puffer ducts' for directional control/stability when in Vertical mode?
Calling the Boeing X plane Minni Mi, is disrespectful to Belgium and the actor (even if the bird in question is fugly enough to quell any pilot or partial porno stars 'eagerness') and to Austin Powers; Austin Powers is not to be confussed with..
A; anthing Montego, Meastro or Metro related (Brit cars).
B; some unafiliated Texas political, religeous or (jokingly?) more to likely to be a Texan dating group for rich supremasists.
C; the $6 M man, or his normal brother (I am to young to remember the characters full name, just that its similar sounding).
But then again, when was the last time Being built a manned military aircraft that was smaller than a Mitchell B-25 ...perhaps the Peashooter?; Boeing have largely since WW2 only made big aircraft, and done that well, I'm sure if the fugly Boeing X-plane was made longer and a bit wider, her looks would smoothen out and become more peasant to the aerodynamical eye.
As it was, even that protoytpe has such bad design looks (hence aerodynamics) and other issues, they had to 'chop' (unbolt) parts off it to try and get it too fly in V(TOL) mode, and then with severe hot gas re-ingestion.
In my mind, the only good thing about that fugly Boeing was that it did keep a 3 poster style engine vs. the 35's single poster with fan ..does the 35 have controllable 'puffer ducts' for directional control/stability when in Vertical mode?
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FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Actually it was the X-35 aka "minnie-me." I guess there were folks comparing it to the F-22
michaelmaltby
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Glider
Captain
Nice article but I do despair at some of the new words invented by people who are paid huge sums of money but add nothing to anything.
Example
The multi-role aircraft, which sports electronic warfare, ISR and kinetic attack capabilities
Who the hell invented the word Kinetic attack capabilities and what were they paid. I want their job
Example
The multi-role aircraft, which sports electronic warfare, ISR and kinetic attack capabilities
Who the hell invented the word Kinetic attack capabilities and what were they paid. I want their job
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Sadly enough, you'll see the retronym of "Kinetic Warfare" pop up more often these days.
Basiclly, by the pure defenition of "Kinetic Warfare", any warplane that has ever existed has had "Kinetic Attack Capabilities"...
Basiclly, by the pure defenition of "Kinetic Warfare", any warplane that has ever existed has had "Kinetic Attack Capabilities"...
buffnut453
Captain
Not sure I agree. The phrase kinetic attack was coined to differentiate from other (yep, you guessed it...non-kinetic) forms of attack. For example, offensive jamming and cyber are both attack mechanisms but do not involve the use of traditional explosive ordnance. Kinetic attack may seem like useless "new speak" but it does have meaning when you're coordinating a joint targeting campaign that must, by definition, factor in all aspects of attack.
Lucky13
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Is this gonna be, another one them there words, that's so popular today, used for anything and everything.....kintetic and non kinetic bacon? 
Much like with shampoo and whatnot bathroom products, that has the lastest in 'blah blah' and 'whatyacallit' technology?
I think it's just some people, who has too much time on their hands and too big a paycheck, much like those that invent new political correctness stuff, in other words....people that can't hold down a real graft!
Much like with shampoo and whatnot bathroom products, that has the lastest in 'blah blah' and 'whatyacallit' technology?
I think it's just some people, who has too much time on their hands and too big a paycheck, much like those that invent new political correctness stuff, in other words....people that can't hold down a real graft!
razor1uk
Staff Sergeant
It seems another genration of peoples along with the advent of home PC's and the internet state allowed phishing etc, are-going-to/might be trying to get rid of guns from aircraft again in the future by using the 'kinetic' tag - and 'directed energy' weapons have yet to be perfected enough to be used in a replacement manner that are smaller than a converted 747 - although by now they might have made enough tech' R&D to get it into a smaller 767 by now, but thats still not enough to be light combat vehicle or man portablity yet apart from using ruby or green lasers to try and flash/disturb/distract/blind sensors.
I did once accidentally manage to drill a short 'hole' in my little finger once with a 1KW Lumonics YAG laser, that I was inccorectly supporting the parts being cut from the stainless sheet, but the focal range with helium gas shield (not a turbulent mixture of gases moisture particlates that is atmo') was from the lense to the part about 75mm - the hole in my finger was out of focus and only about 0.75mm across and 1mm deep being say from 76mm focal (the distance to the final focusing lense).
Nope it was my lil' finger, not my 'crystals' it got lol, the little 'white' hard scab, with a hair width sized hole through its centre, naturally dissapeared/fell off/out after a few months. That 'event/accident' was so minor it didn't even go in the companies accident book, and it happened in late 2000/early 2001, I can't even remember which lil' finger it was, nor find any noticable skin shading or suggested damage to my finger print(s) to work out if it was the left or right one - looks closely at them both, ...thinks it might have been my left as I'm left handed.
I did once accidentally manage to drill a short 'hole' in my little finger once with a 1KW Lumonics YAG laser, that I was inccorectly supporting the parts being cut from the stainless sheet, but the focal range with helium gas shield (not a turbulent mixture of gases moisture particlates that is atmo') was from the lense to the part about 75mm - the hole in my finger was out of focus and only about 0.75mm across and 1mm deep being say from 76mm focal (the distance to the final focusing lense).
Hope your careless use of lasers didn't damage the dilithium crystals!
Nope it was my lil' finger, not my 'crystals' it got lol, the little 'white' hard scab, with a hair width sized hole through its centre, naturally dissapeared/fell off/out after a few months. That 'event/accident' was so minor it didn't even go in the companies accident book, and it happened in late 2000/early 2001, I can't even remember which lil' finger it was, nor find any noticable skin shading or suggested damage to my finger print(s) to work out if it was the left or right one - looks closely at them both, ...thinks it might have been my left as I'm left handed.
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buffnut453
Captain
Hope your careless use of lasers didn't damage the dilithium crystals!
